9 December 2020 - 0322 Christmas Rare Book Sale

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Lot 180/0322

SOLD Hammer price €160

Chaptal (M.J.A.) Chemistry Applied to Arts and Manufactures, 4 vols. 8vo L. 1807. First English Edn., 11 fold. plts. Vol. IV lacks one leaf of contents, uncut, orig. boards, spines worn, but a clean copy. (4)* Rev. John O’Sullivan of Kenmare, his copy, given to Convent of Poor Clares, Kenmare, Co. Kerry.

Lot 181/0322

SOLD Hammer price €110

Smith O’Brien (William) Principles of Government; or Meditations in Exile, 2 vols. D. 1856. First Edn., titles inscribed by ‘S.L. M’Elroy, Ballymoney,’ orig. embossed green cloth. V. good. (2)

Lot 182/0322

SOLD Hammer price €55

Madden (Richard Robert) The History of Irish Periodical Literature, 2 vols. 8vo L. 1867 First Edn., cont. hf. mor. mor. labels (1 worn.) (2)

Lot 183/0322

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Bible: Geneva Version: The Bible, that is, The Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament, Translated According to the Hebrew and Greeke .. and other things of great importance, 4to London (By the Deputies of Christopher Barker..) 1599. Wd. cut vignette on title, & wd. cut illus in text, fine wd. cut title for New Testament, 18th Century panel calf, rebacked. As a Bible, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 184/0322

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Toland (John) Nazarenus. or Jewish, Gentile and Mahometan Christianity, 8vo L. 1718. Second Edn. Revised., red & bl. title, recent qtr. blue mor., red mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 185/0322

SOLD Hammer price €120

Pamphlets: 1. [Asgill (John)] An Argument Proving That According to the Covenant of Eternal Life revealed in the Scripture, Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life,… 8vo [L.] 1700, 103pp; 2. The Assertion is, … [Juro Divino]… 8vo L. 1710. Second Edn., hf. title, 38pp + advert leaf at end; 3. Mr. Asgill’s Defence upon His Expulsion from The House of Commons of Great Britain in 1707, 8vo Lond. 1712. 87pp; 4. [Pittis (Wm.)] The History of the Proceedings of the Second Session of this Present Parliament, L. n.d. [1712] 156pp. Together 4 works, one volume, some worm holes, cont. panel calf, worn. (1)

Lot 186/0322

SOLD Hammer price €150

Pamphlets: 1. [Morgan?] A Moral Philosopher – Deism Fairly Stated, and Fully Vindicated from the Gross Imputations and Ground less Calumnies of Modern Believers.. In a Letter to a Friend. 8vo L. (W. Webb) 1746. Hf. title, 99pp; 2. Remarks on a Book entitled Deism Fairly Stated, .. By a Christian Philosopher. 8vo L. 1746. Hf. title, 59pp; 3. A Defence of the Peculiar Institutions and Doctrines of Christianity, In Answer to a late Pamphlet…. 8vo L. 1746, 66pp; 4. Christianity Preferable to Deism, As Stated by a Deist: .. By a Moral Philosopher. 8vo L. 1746, [62]]pp; 5. The Christian Scheme Fairly State, and Briefly Vindicated: In Answer to a Late Pamphlet… L. 1746. Hf. title, 60pp. Together 5 works in one vol., cont. sprinkled calf, gilt fillet borders, mor. label. V. good. (1)

Lot 187/0322

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[Brown (Bishop Peter)] Things Divine and Supernatural Conceived by Analogy with Things Natural and Human, 8vo L. 1733. First Edn., [IV], 554pp + 16pp. Catalogue at end, cont. calf, dble. gilt fillet, raised bands, joints cracked. A good clean copy. Rare. (1)

Lot 188/0322

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[Collins (Anthony)] A Discourse of Free Thinking, Occasion’d by The Rise and Growth of a Sect call’d Free Thinkers, 8vo L. 1713. First Edn., Bound with, [Bentley (Rich.)] Remarks Upon a late Discourse of Free Thinking, In a Letter to N.N. by Phileleutherus Lipsiensis. 8vo L. 1737. Seventh, cont. calf, dble gilt fillet border, raised bands, together with, [Collins (Anthony)] A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion, 8vo L. 1724. First Edn., errata leaf, fine in cont. sprinkled calf, gilt fillet borders, raised bands, mor. label. (2)

Lot 189/0322

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Anon: A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Papers, Some whereof were never before Printed. 8vo L. 1712. The dedication Signed Philo-Caledon. It states Vol. I, & contains 26 articles. It appears Vol. I All Published, cont. sprinkled calf, tooled gilt spine in panels. Good. (1)

Lot 190/0322

SOLD Hammer price €150

Pamphlets: 1. [Leslie (Charles)] A Short and Easy Method with The Deists, wherein the Certainty of the Christian Religion is Demonstrated by Infallible Proof from Four Rules, 8vo L. 1745. Ninth, [XIV], 82pp; 2. Eight Edition of above, [XII], 208pp + 4pp adverts; 3. Leslie (Chas.) The Truth of Christianity Demonstrated, 8vo L. 1726. Sixth, XII, 148pp; [Leslie (C.)] A Dissertation concerning Private Judgement and Authority, 8vo L. 1726. Third, [46]pp plus advert. leaf, together 4 works in one vol., cont. full calf, dble gilt fillet borders, raised bands, mor. label. As a coll. of pamphlets, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 191/0322

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Pamphlets: 1. [Craft (Dr.) Bishop] The Naked Truth, or The True State of the Primitive Church 4to [L.] 1675, [VI], 65pp; 2. [Fell (Dr. John)] Lex Talionis: or, The Author of Naked Truth Stript Naked, 4to L. 1676. First Edn., 42pp; 3. [Burnet (Dr. G.) Bp. of Salisbury] A Modest Survey of the most Considerable things in a Discourse Lately Published, Entitled Naked Truth, 4to L. 1676. First Edn. 29pp. Together 3 works in one volume, some cont. m/ss annots & comments, later cloth. (1)

Lot 192/0322

SOLD Hammer price €90

Poor Laws Ireland: Nicholls (Geo.) Three Reports – Poor Laws Ireland, 8vo L. 1838. First Edn. fold. tables, orig. cloth; Selection of Parochial Examinations Relative to the Destitute Classes in Ireland, 8vo D. 1835 First Edn., orig. cream cloth. Both v. good. (2)

Lot 193/0322

SOLD Hammer price €55

The Great War, 1914 – 1918: M’Ervel (S.)ed. The Letters of John Harold M’Ervel (Major), 1st Batt. The King’s (Liverpool) Regt., 8vo Belfast (Wm. Strain & Sons) 1916. Sole Edn. Portrait, & 7 maps & plts. illus., also text illus., orig. cloth backed boards, lettered front cover. Scarce. (1)* Pres. Copy, inscribed ‘T. Kennedy from S. Mc Ervel, January 1917.’

Lot 194/0322

SOLD Hammer price €70

Rare Contemporary Work[Casement (Sir Roger)] Everitt (Nicholas) British Secret Service during the Great War, Thick 8vo L. [1920] First Edn. hf. title, 2 illus., orig. cloth. Rare. (1)* Contains Chapter on “The Casement Affair”.

Lot 195/0322

SOLD Hammer price €140

Vallancey (Col. Charles) A Vindication of the Ancient History of Ireland, 8vo D. (Luke White) 1786, First, hf. title, 2 fold. frontis, dedit., fold. plts., later hf. green leather cloth boards, cover loose. (1)

Lot 196/0322

SOLD Hammer price €110

Beckford (Wm.) Thoughts on Hunting, 8vo L. (Albion Press) 1810. Frontis & add. engd. title, 8 plts. & fold. plan after John Scott, cont. mor. v. good. (1)

Lot 197/0322

Inman (W.S.) Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on Ventilation, Warming, and Transmission of Sound, 8vo L. (John Weale) 1836, First, hf. title, dedit., fold. plt. frontis, & 2 plts. (complete) green cloth. (1)

Lot 198/0322

SOLD Hammer price €120

Signed Limited EditionYachting: Chichester (Francis) Gipsy Moth Circles the World, 8vo L. 1967. Limited Edn. No. 224 of 500 Copies, Signed by Chichester, cold. & other plts. a.e.g., special black mor. gilt lettered, in orig. box. (1)

Lot 199/0322

SOLD Hammer price €140

Juvenalia: [Rackham (A.)] Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, 4to L. 1929. First Edn., with coloured plates & bl. & white illus. by Arthur Rackham, uncut, orig. gilt decor. cloth; also de Saint-Exupery (A.) La Petit Prince, 4to Paris (Editions Gallinard) 1946, with cold. illus. thro-out, orig. cold. decor. boards. (2)